List of British governors of Cyprus

Last flag of Cyprus under British colonial rule, adopted in 1922

This is a list of the British High Commissioners and Governors of Cyprus.

Hitherto a territory of the Ottoman Empire, a British protectorate under Ottoman suzerainty was established over Cyprus by the Cyprus Convention of 4 June 1878. The United Kingdom declared war on the Ottoman Empire on 5 November 1914 and annexed Cyprus. Turkey recognised British possession of Cyprus by the Treaty of Lausanne on 24 July 1923 and the island became a Crown Colony on 10 March 1925. Following the Zürich and London Agreement of 19 February 1959 Cyprus became independent on 16 August 1960.

List of High Commissioners (1878–1925)

Name	Portrait	Born-Died	From	To
Lord John Hay (acting)		1827–1916	12 July 1878	22 July 1878
Sir Garnet Joseph Wolseley		1833–1913	22 July 1878	23 June 1879
Sir Robert Biddulph		1835–1918	23 June 1879	9 March 1886
Sir Henry Ernest Gascoyne Bulwer		1836–1914	9 March 1886	5 April 1892
Sir Walter Joseph Sendall		1832–1904	5 April 1892	23 April 1898
Sir William Frederick Haynes Smith		1839–1928	23 April 1898	17 October 1904
Sir Charles Anthony King-Harman		1851–1939	17 October 1904	12 October 1911
Hamilton Goold-Adams		1858–1920	12 October 1911	8 January 1915
Sir John Eugene Clauson		1866–1918	8 January 1915	31 December 1918 (died in office)
Sir Malcolm Stevenson (acting to 31 July 1920)		1878–1927	31 December 1918	10 March 1925

List of Governors (1925–1960)

Name	Portrait	Born-Died	From	To
Sir Malcolm Stevenson		1878–1927	10 March 1925	30 November 1926
Sir Ronald Storrs		1881–1955	30 November 1926	29 October 1932
Sir Reginald Edward Stubbs		1876–1947	29 October 1932	8 November 1933
Sir Herbert Richmond Palmer		1877–1958	8 November 1933	4 July 1939
William Denis Battershill		1896–1959	4 July 1939	3 October 1941
Charles Campbell Woolley		1893–1981	3 October 1941	24 October 1946
Reginald Fletcher, 1st Baron Winster		1885–1961	24 October 1946	4 August 1949
Sir Andrew Barkworth Wright		1895–1971	4 August 1949	1954
Sir Robert Perceval Armitage		1906–1990	1954	25 September 1955
Sir John Alan Francis Harding		1896–1989	25 September 1955	3 December 1957
Sir Hugh Mackintosh Foot		1907–1990	3 December 1957	16 August 1960

Deputy Governors

• Sir George Evelyn Sinclair 1955-1960

See also

• President of Cyprus
• Vilayet of the Archipelago

References

• World Statesmen - Cyprus